Craving space? You’ll love what this great house, located near the back gate in amenity rich Lake of the Woods, provides! The house is perfectly situated on a cul-de-sac lot that backs to trees for privacy. The inside delights with a spacious living room and kitchen/dining area on the main level, with access to deck off of the dining area. The upper level is where you will find the master bedroom with attached full bath and large closet, along with the other two bedrooms and full bath. If that isn’t enough, the lower level features a huge family room and another full bath! For more information about this home, Click Here!
Whether you’re looking for homes for sale in Lake of the Woods VA or Waterfront property in Virginia we are your Real Estate Advisors for Stafford, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Locust Grove, Central Virginia, and Greater Virginia. Thinking of selling? In any market condition, “what is my home worth?” is the #1 question asked by home owners. If you wish to sell your home, it needs to be sold for top dollar and in a timely manner. Pricing your home accurately, Pat will partner with you to make the selling process so much easier. Get started today by calling us at (540) 388-2541 or contact Pat Licata.
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Situated closed to the main gate with golf course views, you are welcomed by the stately brick accents of 623 Mt. Pleasant. Once inside, you are delighted by the hardwood floors, cathedral ceilings and gas fireplace. Enjoy preparing meals in this stylish kitchen with stainless steel appliances, ample cabinets, gorgeous counter tops, breakfast area, and pantry. The dining room features a tray ceiling and a beautiful bay window. You will love the master suite with sitting room and luxurious bath. The lower-level is perfect with a light filled family room and bedroom with it’s own private bath. Relax on your deck and enjoy a private view of the golf course! For more information about this home, Click Here!
Whether you’re looking for homes for sale in Lake of the Woods VA or Waterfront property in Virginia we are your Real Estate Advisors for Stafford, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Locust Grove, Central Virginia, and Greater Virginia. Thinking of selling? In any market condition, “what is my home worth?” is the #1 question asked by home owners. If you wish to sell your home, it needs to be sold for top dollar and in a timely manner. Pricing your home accurately, Pat will partner with you to make the selling process so much easier. Get started today by calling us at (540) 388-2541 or contact Pat Licata.
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Welcome to 102 Jefferson Avenue. Once you enter, you are greeted by gleaming hardwood floors and fine finishes. This sun filled, updated, Lake of the Woods home is move in ready. The upgraded kitchen is one of the beautiful features of this home, with stainless steel appliances, granite counter tops and new cabinets. The deck is so big and perfect for entertaining, cooking out or just relaxing and enjoying your private tree lined oasis! For more info about this listing, Click Here!
A private, gated, secured community, Lake of the Woods offers anything and everything you could possibly want. Home to two lakes (the 550 acre main lake and a 35 acre “fishing lake”), a golf course, an equestrian center, a fire and rescue department, and a church all within the gates, Lake of the Woods simply has it all. Whether your passion is boating, water skiing, kayaking, golfing, horseback riding, or simply taking in the breathtaking views from the clubhouse while enjoying a fabulous meal, from your own deck or yard, or from one of the beaches, you won’t be disappointed! Perhaps you’d like a game of bridge or volunteering your time and talents.
Lake of the Woods offers more than 60 clubs and/or organizations from which you may choose to become involved. Located in Orange County, we are fortunate to enjoy low real estate taxes. Coupled with home prices ranging from $150,000+ to over $2,000,000, Lake of the Woods is the perfect community for both full-time residents, as well as weekenders. But don’t take my word for it, please come see for yourself! I will gladly give you a tour of Lake of the Woods by boat and by car so that you may experience why I love Lake of the Woods!
Whether you’re looking for homes for sale in Lake of the Woods VA or Waterfront property in Virginia we are your Real Estate Advisors for Stafford, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Locust Grove, Central Virginia, and Greater Virginia. Thinking of selling? In any market condition, “what is my home worth?” is the #1 question asked by home owners. If you wish to sell your home, it needs to be sold for top dollar and in a timely manner. Pricing your home accurately, Pat will partner with you to make the selling process so much easier. Get started today by calling us at (540) 388-2541 or contact Pat Licata.
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Welcome to 327 Birchside Circle where you can enjoy relaxing on your front porch, partially covered deck which backs to the golf course or gardening in your yard. Once you enter, you are greeted by a gorgeous ceiling to floor stone fireplace! The kitchen is spacious with plenty of counter and cabinet space. You will love the master suite being spacious with the walk in closet and the master bath with double vanity. For more information about this listing, be sure to Click Here!
Whether you’re looking for homes for sale in Lake of the Woods VA or Waterfront property in Virginia we are your Real Estate Advisors for Stafford, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Locust Grove, Central Virginia, and Greater Virginia. Thinking of selling? In any market condition, “what is my home worth?” is the #1 question asked by home owners. If you wish to sell your home, it needs to be sold for top dollar and in a timely manner. Pricing your home accurately, Pat will partner with you to make the selling process so much easier. Get started today by calling us at (540) 388-2541 or contact Pat Licata.
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Enjoy watching the stars from this private oasis on 2 acres where you can see wildlife, hear the birds sing, and enjoy not being in the middle of everything…AND schools and shopping are only a few miles away! This one of a kind gem has been renovated and is absolutely beautiful, not to mention this home has an attached in-law-suite with separate entrance, kitchen, living room and bedroom. Enjoy having family close or you can even have the option of income potential! The main area offers a huge kitchen, generous laundry room, beautifully updated baths and a massive bonus room off the master! For more information about this listing, Click Here!
Whether you’re looking for homes for sale in Fredericksburg, Stafford, Orange, Locust Grove, Culpeper, Northern Virginia or even Maryland or DC, we are your Real Estate team committed to finding the perfect home for you! Thinking of selling? In any market condition, “what is my home worth?” is the #1 question asked by homeowners. If you wish to sell your home, it needs to be sold for top dollar, and in a timely manner. Pricing your home accurately, one of our area expert advisors will partner with you to make the selling process so much easier. Get started today by calling us at (540) 388-2541 or contact Pat Licata.
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Located within a few miles of almost everything you need (shopping, schools, and more) and minutes from the Spotsy line on Rt. 3 lies almost 2.5 acres of land with a great home freshly painted and floored, with brand new roof and HVAC, and the most incredible 35 x 27 ft 2 car detached garage with storage above it that you can image! You simply must see and seize this opportunity! For more information about this property, be sure to Click Here!
Whether you’re looking for homes for sale in Fredericksburg, Stafford, Orange, Locust Grove, Norther Virginia or even Maryland or DC, we are your Real Estate team committed to finding the perfect home for you! Thinking of selling? In any market condition, “what is my home worth?” is the #1 question asked by homeowners. If you wish to sell your home, it needs to be sold for top dollar, and in a timely manner. Pricing your home accurately, one of our area expert advisors will partner with you to make the selling process so much easier. Get started today by calling us at (540) 388-2541 or contact Pat Licata.
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This one-of-a-kind, spectacular property is looking for some love to become the gem it was meant to be! Located near the front gate in amenity-rich Lake of the Woods close to Clubhouse/Fitness Center/Pool and Beach. Must see! For more info, click here!
Whether you’re looking for homes for sale in Lake of the Woods VA or Waterfront property in Virginia we are your Real Estate Advisors for Stafford, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Locust Grove, Central Virginia, and Greater Virginia. Thinking of selling? In any market condition, “what is my home worth?” is the #1 question asked by home owners. If you wish to sell your home, it needs to be sold for top dollar and in a timely manner. Pricing your home accurately, Pat will partner with you to make the selling process so much easier. Get started today by calling us at (540) 388-2541 or contact Pat Licata.
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Selling your home can turn into a genuinely lengthy process
if you have no information on how to do it properly. Making a detailed plan and
having an experienced professional agent by your side can significantly
decrease the time your home spends on the market. If you are willing to make an
effort, invest your time and some financial means, it will be easier to gain
competitive advantage and make your property more appealing than others. Thus,
here are some tips on how to interest your prospective buyers and succeed in
selling your home faster.
Improving curb appeal is the starting point
The first impression matters greatly when buying a property. Interestingly, sellers very often tend to forget this fact, so they focus intently on the inside of their homes. However, if you aim at selling your home faster, improving curb appeal is the most reasonable starting point. Firstly, pay attention to your lawn. Keep it neatly mown at all times since you never know when the potential buyers can come by. Also, it is necessary to trim trees and bushes regularly and to maintain your garden well enough.
Figure 2 Improving curb appeal is the most reasonable starting point when aiming at selling your home faster. Alt.tag: A beautifully decorated home entrance that can help when aiming at selling your home faster.
Pay special attention to the entrance. If it is necessary to
add a fresh coat of paint, do not hesitate to do it. A new house number and a
matching mailbox can easily catch everybody’s eye. Ideally, repainting your
front door will maximize the positive effect on whoever comes to tour your
home. Remember, what you want to achieve is making prospective buyers believe
your home is the right choice for them.
Decluttering is critical for selling your home faster
Clutter at your home threatens to prolong the whole process
or even reduce the price considerably. Getting informed on some key decluttering
tips can help you create an intimate and yet neutral and cozy atmosphere
that will enable your prospective buyers to envision their life and family in
this place. Furthermore, do not forget depersonalization. If a neutral territory is what you want to
achieve it is inevitable to remove all your family photos, children’s artwork, souvenirs
from various travels and so on.
Since it is essential
for potential buyers to move freely around your home, getting rid of bulky
furniture pieces is a must. Ideally, you can look for
an affordable unit to store your belongings and these furniture items
safely. Then, you can rearrange the rest of your furniture and maximize the
space. This will be highly appreciated and valued.
Make your home shine
You need to raise your cleanliness standards to the highest level until selling your home comes to its end. Paying special attention to all hidden areas is of utmost importance because your home needs to bear the scrutiny of various potential buyers. While it may be exhausting and quite challenging to keep your home in pristine shape for long, it is needed given the circumstances. Otherwise, you risk making one of the biggest mistakes when selling a home.
Figure 3 Make your home shine and prospective buyers will love it. Alt.tag: Cleaning brushes in various colors.
Natural light is a great benefit
Natural light is everybody’s favorite. It brings freshness,
calmness, and warmth to your space, so it has to be ample in order to attract
attention. Try your best to make your home as naturally lit as possible. Should
you find any problems with meeting this requirement, placing decorative lamps
around your home might help.
Selling your home faster requires making it available to prospective buyers
It is vital to make your home available to potential buyers.
Unfortunately, this most often means allowing them to tour your home whenever
it fits their schedule, even at weekends. This is a slight inconvenience you
will have to bear if you expect to succeed in selling your home faster. Buyers
themselves also feel nervous about finding the property that meets their criteria
once they realize that buying
real estate is a good investment.
Be realistic about the price
Making a decision about the price when selling your home is
a crucial task in the process. With the help of the internet, both sellers and
buyers can obtain information on the subject quite easily. Hence, it is
essential to be utterly realistic when setting the price. Defining the price
either too high or too low is very risky. Should you have any doubts,
consulting professionals is advisable.
If you, however, decide to set the price yourself, there is another step you need to define. Having a timetable for lowering the price can prevent your home from being on the market for too long. Instead, a reduced price after some time may incentivize those buyers who were having second thoughts. Eventually, selling your home faster becomes achievable.
Figure 4 Be realistic when setting the price for your home. Alt.tag: Three different piles of coins and a small wooden model house.
Taking some photos can help in selling your home faster
A great majority of prospective buyers start their search
for a perfect home online. Most of them prefer seeing photos of the houses
listed in order to take them into consideration. Thus, making high-quality
photos of your home can be very beneficial. If they emphasize all the appealing
and distinctive features, they will easily attract buyers in a short period of
time. Make sure you photograph both the inside and outside of your property. If
you are willing to invest in hiring a professional photographer, you can expect
favorable results very soon.
Feel free to spread the word
Although collaboration with your real estate agent is
compulsory, you can also contribute to selling your home faster. Feel free to
spread the word. Talk to your neighbors, colleagues, and friends. Use the
advantages of social networks and share your listing on various social media.
Understandably, the more people you inform the bigger the chance to find the
buyer soon.
Time matters
Among other factors, the time you list your home for sale determines how long it will stay on the market as well. When aiming at selling your home faster, it is, generally, advisable to list it in spring or fall. Reasons underlying this suggestion are understandable. The weather in spring is pleasant and people are willing to tour houses more often. The school is coming to its end, so moving will not cause any problems to families with children either. On the other hand, in the fall, the weather is still warm. People have come from their vacations and now they are ready to search for the property that meets their strict criteria. The school is about to begin, so prospective buyers have time to make the final choice and conduct their relocation. Use your chance and make selling your home faster possible.
Whether you’re looking for homes for sale in Lake of the Woods VA or Waterfront property in Virginia we are your Real Estate Advisors for Stafford, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Locust Grove, Central Virginia, and Greater Virginia. Thinking of selling? In any market condition, “what is my home worth?” is the #1 question asked by home owners. If you wish to sell your home, it needs to be sold for top dollar and in a timely manner. Pricing your home accurately, Pat will partner with you to make the selling process so much easier. Get started today by calling us at (540) 388-2541 or contact Pat Licata.
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Along with the excitement
that buying your first home brings comes the apprehension about the
decision. Millions of questions come to mind making your decision even harder
to make. The best tip that you can get is to get informed. But, do you
know what you have to get informed about? If you are thinking of buying your
first property ever, take a deep breath and start reading through the most
common mistakes first-time homebuyers make so that you can avoid making the
same ones.
Starting a House Hunt Without a Financial Plan
Since you are buying your first home, it is understandable that you are very excited about the idea and impatient to find the right one. However, that doesn’t mean that you should start your search completely unprepared. You should at least know what price range to look at. Since the real estate market is quite competitive and demand is almost always higher than supply you should come prepared. That means that you should be pre-approved for a loan before looking at listings. Then you will be more acquainted with your financial prospects and you will know what you can hope to find. By the way, there are so many facts you should know about mortgage before you apply, so do not rush it.
First-time homebuyers should be prepared before house hunting, Alt. tag: A model of a house made of words FOR SALE
Sticking to One Mortgage Lender Only
A mortgage is also a product
that you buy and can find at different prices with different sellers. Do
not make a mistake by not comparing the quotes before committing. Choose at
least three lenders and compare the estimates that you get. Remember, you are
looking for a good deal as well as the lowest rates you can get. You cannot
find those if you only consult one bank or lender. The same goes for finding skillful movers who can relocate your home – you need to make a list and then choose one company that
suits you best.
Not Paying Attention to Your Credit Reports
Your credit reports are extremely important to a bank or lender that you are considering taking a mortgage from. They will analyze every single detail of it, so you need to make sure that they like what they see. A credit report that contains errors may result in higher interest rates for you, so it is in your best interest to keep it as accurate as possible. The good news is that you can get a free credit report from any of the main credit bureaus at the end of a year so that you can correct any errors that you come across. The lenders need this report at pre-approval and before final loan approval. In the meantime, you shouldn’t be opening new credit cards and you should do your best to pay your bills on time every month.
Credit reports are extremely important to lenders, Alt. tag: Credit report of a first-time homebuyer
Thinking That You have to Make a 20% Down Payment
When you start calculating how much
money you need for your down payment, you will probably ask yourself whether buying real estate is a good investment
at all. Twenty percent of your future
property’s worth is a lot of money to prepare before you even start
searching for a home. Luckily, there are some loan programs that allow
you to make a down payment as low as 3.5% or even 0%. It goes without saying
that a bigger down payment means that you can get a smaller mortgage, so you
will have more money left in your budget every month.
On the other hand, while you are
saving money for your 20% down, the property prices continue to grow along with
the mortgage. So, the decision is all yours and you need to make sure that you
set a monthly payment that you can actually provide. And, do not forget that
you are obliged to pay the mortgage insurance in case your down payment
is less than 20%.
Not Considering Special Programs for First-Time Homebuyers
There are some special programs for
first-time homebuyers that offer low down payment loans. You should inform
yourself whether such programs exist in your state and learn about the
following:
FHA loans –
the down payment can be as low as 3.5%. Besides this obvious
rebate, the Federal Housing Administration is not so strict about
credit reports. But, once you commit to this loan, you will have to pay
for mortgage insurance as long as you have the mortgage to pay, which
means even after your equity is more than 20%.
USDA loans
– if you are planning to buy a property in a rural area, the chances are
that you qualify for zero percent down and 100% financing – a
program offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. If you opt for this
program, you will have to pay the guarantee fee instead of mortgage
insurance.
VA loans
– mortgages offered by the US Department of Veterans Affairs to
people who have served in the military. These loans allow veterans to put
a down payment of zero percent and get 100% financing. A funding
fee has to be paid instead of mortgage insurance.
Falling in Love With the Property and Failing to See its Faults
This can be a huge mistake. It often
happens that we like the house, but it turns out that its neighborhood is not a
place where we would like to raise our children. You should always visit the place
at least two or three times, at different times of day and week, before you
make a decision to buy. If you notice that there is something the seller is
trying to hide, that should be a red flag to look for.
First-time homebuyers are usually impatient to move in, Alt. tag: House door with keys
Wasting All Your Savings On Your First Property
This is one of the common mistakes
first-time homebuyers often make. They do this to add to the sum for a down
payment and lower the monthly payment rate. However, you still need to have
an emergency fund (three to six months of living expenses) because there
are so many things that can go wrong when you buy a property. It is better to
pay for mortgage insurance and still have your emergency fund untouched, just
in case.
Not Knowing About the Hidden Costs of Ownership
There are many costs of ownership that first-time homebuyers do not know about. Property taxes, insurance (mortgage, hazard, and homeowners), repairs, maintenance, and utilities are just a few of them.
Whether you’re looking for homes for sale in Lake of the Woods VA or Waterfront property in Virginia we are your Real Estate Advisors for Stafford, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Locust Grove, Central Virginia, and Greater Virginia. Thinking of selling? In any market condition, “what is my home worth?” is the #1 question asked by home owners. If you wish to sell your home, it needs to be sold for top dollar and in a timely manner. Pricing your home accurately, Pat will partner with you to make the selling process so much easier. Get started today by calling us at (540) 388-2541 or contact Pat Licata.
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Spectacular golf course home with views of the 11th hole yet still offering privacy, a well manicured lawn and 2 levels of finished living space PLUS an entire unfinished basement with bath rough-in. So many extra features make this home stand out such as the touch faucets, the tank-less hot water heater, and in line floor heaters. Wait until you see the spa-like master bath, the soaring ceilings in the main living area and so much more. This property has been well maintained with a new roof, all new floors, fresh paint, new appliances and more. It truly is like buying a brand new home! Don’t wait, this one won’t last long!
Whether you’re looking for homes for sale in Lake of the Woods VA or Waterfront property in Virginia we are your Real Estate Advisors for Stafford, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Locust Grove, Central Virginia, and Greater Virginia. Thinking of selling? In any market condition, “what is my homeworth?” is the #1 question asked by home owners. If you wish to sell your home, it needs to be sold for top dollar and in a timely manner. Pricing your home accurately, Pat will partner with you to make the selling process so much easier. Get started today by calling us at (540) 388-2541 or contact Pat Licata.
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